Soft gelatin capsules is the dosage form which is in trend in this modern era, as it has many benefits.
The main benefit with soft gelatin capsules are they enhances the bioavailability of poorly bioavailable active ingredients. Now a days most of the pharmaceutical companies are work on manufacturing of soft gelatin capsules just because of this reason, One of my co-worker told me about Affy group who is one of
soft gelatin capsules manufacturer in India and they have wide varieties of soft gelatin capsules like:
- Multivitamins
- Multiminerals
- Gabapentinoid (Pregabalin etc)
- Retinoids (Isotretinoin)
- Food Supplements (Cod liver Oil, Primrose oil etc)
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitor (Sildenafil etc)
- Antibiotics (Clindamycin, Azithromycin,Clotrimazole etc)
- Immunosuppressants (Cyclosporine)
Soft gelatin capsules have many other benefits also like it can be easily swallow as they are administered by oral route, have elegant appearance which enhance patient compliance, available in different size and shapes like oval, circular and tubular. It also protects the filled material from being degrade as well as from oxidation.
Opaque soft gelatin capsules helps in dealing with photosensitive drugs as its protects them from direct contact of light as well as from UV radiations.
These all qualities made the soft gelatin capsules more preferable and demandable than other dosage forms.